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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (November 2023)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 185584
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Office Products are affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability.Description
The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this and bypass the security feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising the integrity of the system/application.Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Microsoft has released KB5002521 to address this issue.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 185584
File Name: smb_nt_ms23_nov_office.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 11/14/2023
Updated: 12/15/2023
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36413
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-36413